Now there will be less tax coming from nightclubs as they are forced to close at 1am coupled with reduction in income for workers at those establishments.
Such workers will even be more impacted by the rise in 15 per cent VAT with reduction in their wages and salaries due to the early closing hours of their employers.
The blackmarket will start to thrive once again with old haunting grounds coming back into business.
These old drinking spots such as cassava patches and neighbourhood drains will be coming back into operation to compensate for the early closing hours of nightclubs. Posing a potential area for troublespots and noise nuisance for residential neighbourhoods.
A carefully thought out decision made indeed.
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